Hey there, ’98s!


Let’s start things off in this Class Notes with an update from Elinor Actipis, who checked in a couple of months ago from the Mission District of San Francisco with an update chock full of ’98 news. Elinor admits that her area sometimes feels like “Dartmouth West.” For starters, she regularly runs into Eric Petit and his two girls in Dolores Park. In addition Michelle Kraemer, who works at Google, recently moved to town. Christine Cuoco, who works at Twitter, hails from New York City, but regularly visits San Francisco, as does Dorothy Hui, who is the vice president of marketing of Roc Nation. As for Elinor, she is married to Andrew Bender ’96 and they are busy chasing around their toddler, Otto, who is coming up on his second birthday shortly. When Elinor is not busy with her positions in publishing and online content, she is a California state council member for the Humane Society of the United States, which she encourages any animal enthusiasts to become involved with.


Elinor was also happy to report on her annual reunion with some other ’98s, which takes place every January, including Neeta (Raghavan) Vora, Kajal Jhaveri, Morning Washburn, Rachel Federman and Veena Shankaran.


Rodrego Byerly is celebrating his 10th anniversary with Shakari Byerly ’96 this May. After spending seven years in the San Francisco Bay Area, Rodrego and Shakari moved back to Los Angeles in mid-2014 so Shakari could begin work on a Ph.D. in political science (statistics) at UCLA. A few years ago they started Evitarus, a consulting firm that delivers strategic advisory services to corporate, political and public policy decision makers.


And, last but certainly not least, a big shout out to our ’98 class president Jo (Weingarten) Golub and husband Michael, who welcomed a baby girl, Orly Bea Golub, to the family, on January 27. Orly joins big sister Laila (2) in the Golub clan, which lives in Berkeley, California. I should also add that Jo is a partner at the law firm of Keker & Van Nest LLP. Congratulations, Jo!


Well, that’s it for now. As always, please let me know what’s happening in your life or the lives of other ’98s! Please join the ’98 Facebook page, please make sure we have your current email address and, if you haven’t already, please think about paying your ’98 class dues!


Until next time.


—Jeff Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com